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Newspaper
Fredericksburg Standard
Location
Fredericksburg, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 01, 1946
Page
4
Fredericksburg business leaders urge countywide district organization to boost farm and ranch productivity. Officials note volunteers and technicians will guide community projects, with soil conservation cited as a key factor in revitalizing areas and expanding opportunities for all residents.
The issue omits much regular news including weddings and local items. The publisher notes efforts will restore material next week with May 15 resuming the normal publication date.
Gillespie County census figures from 1940 to 1945 show fewer farms but larger average size. Cattle, sheep rise. goats fall. poultry and egg production increase. corn and oats acreage shift modestly. tractor data not published. County Agent Grote offers copies of the full figures.
The piece marks Fredericksburg and Gillespie County entering a new century, celebrating im mi grants from Germany who founded a free community built on God fearing perseverance and honesty. It underscores enduring principles, battles overcome, and a pledge to preserve heritage as progress continues.
Mrs. Oscar R. Lundin, daughter of Frank Vander Stucken a famed local composer, will visit Fredericksburg for the Centennial Celebration. She will be honored during Homecoming on Tuesday afternoon as a choral number by her father is performed by singers from San Antonio.
The article notes that some early day Christians claimed the world is flat so Christ would appear twice, once for each hemisphere. This reasoning reflects historical debates about geography and theology.
Eddie Grobe announced the opening of Grobe Cash Grocery at 238 East Main Street, offering a complete line of staple groceries. He purchased the former Schneider Cash Grocery and will operate at the same location. Grobe, long a barber in Fredericksburg, has recently returned after years away.
Four children were born in local hospitals during the past week. Daughters arrived to Mr and Mrs Alonzo Evers on April 24, to Mr and Mrs Philip Jones on April 25, to Mr and Mrs Chester Bernhard on April 30. A son was born to Mr and Mrs Elgin Wendel on April 30.
Durst and listed names include Max Metzger Elgin Kuhlmann Alfred Duecker Mrs Eddie Krauskopf Mrs I G Wehmeyer Werner Weber Erwin C Kraus and R W Klingelhoefer among others. Flag streamers are being erected by A J Shirley Decorating Co which decorated Nimitz Day. Archie Lang USN left for San Diego after furlough with parents and sister to attend Fiesta Parade in San Antonio.
Centennial week in Fredericksburg features memorial services for war dead at the Pioneer Memorial Monday at 2 p.m. and a 8:30 p.m. concert by the Centennial Band at the Fair Grounds followed by fireworks. Homecoming activities continue with church visits, a 2 p.m. pageant on the Courthouse lawn, and a grand parade on Wednesday.
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